Combination convertible high chair



T. AND H. G. ERNST. COMBINATION CONVERTIBLE HIGH CHAIR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE ERNST, OF BAYFIELD, AND HENRY Gr. ERNST, OF SUPERIOR,WISCONSIN.

COMBINATION CONVERTIBLE HIGH CHAIR.

.Application filed July 18, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THEODORE ERNsT and HENRY G. ERNST, both citizens ofthe United States, residing at Bayfield and Superior, respectively, inthe counties of Bayfield and Douglas, respectively, and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Convertible High Chairs, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to combination convertible high chairs and hasspecial reference to an improvement upon a somewhat similar devicepatented by me in the United States on September 3rd, 1918, and NumberThe principal object of our present invention is to so modify andimprove our former invention above referred to as to render the deviceapplicable for other advantageous purposes.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like referencecharacters indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in the form of a completehigh chair.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the convertible device in the form ofan enclosed baby or doll cradle.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmental elevation showing the interlockingarrangement of rockers, and

Figure 4 is a side elevation of Figure 3.

The device comprises two hingedly united sections which we shall referto for convenience as the base section 1 and the seat section 2, theirhinged union being at 3 where the front legs 4.- of the device arebroken or separable.

The rear legs of the device are composed of two sections 5 and 6. To thelower end of the leg section 5 is securely fixed in any suitable manner,the rocker7, it being the same thickness as the legs 5 and preferablymortised and tennoned thereto, and, when the device is used as a chair,the upper edge of the legs 6 will abut the lower edge of the rocker 7.The rocker 8 however is attached to the rear face of the leg section 6adjacent its upper end, and when the device is used as a chair, willoverlap the rocker 7, thus forming a rigid rear support for the device;the upper ends of the legs 6 being of the same curvature as that of thelower edge of the rocker 70 Serial No. 485,407.

In order to keep the device locked in position when used as a chair wehave provided upon the rung 9 a filler block 10 to which is attachedexternally thereof the depending spring catch 11, the lower end of whichis so bent as to be engaged within a suitable hole 12 in the rocker 8.When it is desired to unlock the device the lower lip 13 of the spring11 may be manually disengaged from the hole 12 and the device thenopened to form a cradle as shown in Figure 2.

The shelf or floor 13 in the'base section 1 is spaced from the cut endsof the legs the same distance as the seat 14 is spaced from said cutends of the legs of the seat section so that when the device isconverted into a cradle as shown in Figure 2, the shelf and seat will beon the same plane forming a continuous bottom the entire length of thecradle, in which event a doll or child may be conveniently reclinedtherein and be wholly surrounded with upstanding portions of the device.

We have shown pivotally attached to the conventional back 15 of the seatsection, a common tray 16 which may be swung backwardly to act as ahandle for manipulating the cradle.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

A convertible high chair and cradle comprising a seat section and a.base section, the front legs of which are hingedly united, ahorizontally disposed bottom in each section which align with each otherwhen the device is used as a cradle, rockers rigidly fixed to theabutting ends of the rear legs when used as a chair saidrockers beingmade to overlap each other when the device is in such position with therocker on the legs of the seat section resting upon the ends of the legson the base section, and means for" rigidly holding said sections withthe rockers in such overlapped position.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses.

THEODORE ERNST. HENRY G. ERNST. Witnesses for Mr. Theodore Ernst:

J. P. OMALLEY, J. A. ANDERSON. Witnesses for Mr. Henry/G. Ernst:

S. G. Bronson, S. Geo. Samara

